Ice-cream spoon



(No Model.)

B. J. N-O'YES.

' ICE- CREAM SPOON. N0. 538,693. Patented May '7, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

BERNIGE J. NOYES, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE W. FOX, OF

(To aZZ whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, BERNICE J. Novas, ofBoston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Ice-Cream Spoons, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on a the drawings representing like parts. I I This inventionrelates to ice-cream spoons, being especially designed for servingicecream at soda fountains, and for analogous purposes, the object beingto provide the spoon with a simple, inexpensive, and easily operateddevice for removing the ice-cream from r 5 thebowl of the spoon. V

The invention consists in the combination with the bowl and its handle,of a bail-shaped removing device or cleaner, shaped to correspond to theshape of the bowl, and pivotally connected at opposite sides of andworking within said bowl, and means arranged on or in connection withthe handle for operating said bail-shaped removing device or cleaner toremove the ice-cream from the bowl.

The means herein shown for operating the removing device or cleaner,consists of a spirally formed hub or portion, on a rod or bar formedintegrally with or connected to the pivoted bail-shaped cleaner, whichlatter turns 0 on an axis in alignment with the handle, and aspring-pressed finger piece having a hole or passage through it, whichreceives said spirally formed hub or portion, working upon and therebyturning said hub or portion, as the 3 5 finger piece is moved in eitherdirection.

Figure 1 shows, in side elevation, an icecream spoon embodying thisinvention; Fig. 2, an under side view of the spoon shown in Fig. 1; Fig.3, a detail of the means herein 4o employed for turning the removingdevice or cleaner; Fig. 4, an interior view of the bowl. The bowl or, isherein represented as hemispherical, andis secured to asuitable handle6. A removing device or cleaner 0, is pivotally connected to, and workswithin the hollow hemispherical bowl, it being herein shown as form tothe inner face of the bowl, the outer end of said Wire being bent atright angles to composed of wire, bent semi-circularly to con- SAUGUS,MASSACHUSETTS.

ICE-CREAM SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,693, dated May l,1895.

Application filed January 2, 1895.

Serial No. 533,655. (No model.)

form a journal 0, which passes through a small hole at or near the upperedge of the bowl, and the opposite end being likewise bent at rightangles, as at 0 for a similar purpose,

and passing through a similar hole at the opposite side of the bowl.This latter journal is, however, extended along beneath the handle b, asa rod or bar 0 and is provided at its extremity with a spirally formedhub or end piece 0 A finger piece (:1 projects from a block 01' fittedto slide longitudinally in a suitable bearing provided for it beneaththe handle b,

against the tension of a spring d said block having a hole or passagethrough it of a shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of thespirally formed hub or end piece 0 and is adapted to receive'and workupon said hub or end piece.

The operation of the device is as follows: The bowl of the spoon havingbeen filled with ice-cream or any other material, the operator, bypressing the finger piece d against the tension of thespring d slidesthe block (1' along in its guideway or bearing, and during such movementsaid block works upon the spirally formed hub or end piece a, turningit, and in turn correspondingly turning the bailshaped removing deviceor cleaner within the bowl, which acts to remove the ice-cream which mayadhere thereto. The spring 01 acts to restore the parts to their normalposition.

By making the bail-shaped removing device of wire, as shown, or anyequivalent therefor, a thin blade-like device is provided which passesaround the body of the material contained in the bowl, detaching it fromthe bowl to which it adheres; and as said wire presents but a smallsurface, little or no material will adhere to it.

I desire it to be understood that the bail shaped cleaner, may be of anyother shape, so as to correspond to and work within a bowl of any othershape.

I claim- The bowl 0., and handle I], combined with the bail-shapedremoving deviceor cleaner,

pivotally connected with and working within said bowl on an axis inalignment with the handle the rod or bar a and spirally formed hub orend piece 0 thereon, the finger piece d, block 61, having a hole throughit which receives and works upon said spirally formed hub or end piece,and the spring d acting upon said block, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERNIGE J. NOYES,

WVitnesses:

FLORENCE I-I. DAVIS. CHARLES E. GRooKER.

